How does Ebola virus spread and can it be stopped?

Questions and answers about outbreak

How does Ebola virus spread and can it be stopped?

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By MARIA CHENG
Associated Press

LONDON — As a deadly Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa, health officials are working to calm fears about how the virus spreads, while encouraging those with symptoms to get medical care. Typically, outbreaks of the disease have been in other parts of the continent, not in West Africa.